Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun.

It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plot, lust and intrigues; to the vast frozen north, where a 700-foot wall of ice protects the kingdom from the dark forces that lie beyond.

As Warden of the North, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must...and a dead enemy is a thing of beauty.

The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family is split and there is treachery at court. Worse, a vengeance-mad boy has grown to maturity in exile in the Free Cities beyond the sea. Heir of the mad Dragon King deposed by Robert, he claims the Iron Throne.

Title: A Game of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book OneAuthor(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-553-80804-4 / 978-0-553-80804-9 (USA edition)Publisher: BantamAvailability: AmazonAmazon UKAmazon CA

March 2013 : UK Hardback

Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)Author(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-00-749157-3 / 978-0-00-749157-5 (UK edition)Publisher: HarperVoyagerAvailability: Amazon UKAmazon CA

Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)Author(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-553-38679-4 / 978-0-553-38679-0 (USA edition)Publisher: BantamAvailability: AmazonAmazon UKAmazon CA

March 2011 : USA Mass Market Paperback

Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)Author(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-553-59371-4 / 978-0-553-59371-6 (USA edition)Publisher: BantamAvailability: AmazonAmazon CA

August 2005 : USA Mass Market Paperback

Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)Author(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-553-58848-6 / 978-0-553-58848-4 (USA edition)Publisher: BantamAvailability: AmazonAmazon UK

August 2005 : USA Mass Market Paperback

Title: A Game of Thrones: Book One of A Song of Ice and FireAuthor(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-553-58849-4 / 978-0-553-58849-1 (USA edition)Publisher: BantamAvailability: AmazonAmazon CA

January 2003 : UK Mass Market Paperback

Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire)Author(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-00-647988-X / 978-0-00-647988-8 (UK edition)Publisher: HarperVoyagerAvailability: AmazonAmazon UK

May 2002 : USA Paperback

Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)Author(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-553-38168-7 / 978-0-553-38168-9 (USA edition)Publisher: BantamAvailability: AmazonAmazon UKAmazon CA

August 1997 : USA Mass Market Paperback

Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)Author(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-553-57340-3 / 978-0-553-57340-4 (USA edition)Publisher: BantamAvailability: AmazonAmazon UKAmazon CA

August 1996 : UK Paperback

Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1): Book One of "A Song of Ice and Fire": Preview EditionAuthor(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-00-648275-9 / 978-0-00-648275-8 (UK edition)Publisher: HarperVoyagerAvailability: AmazonAmazon UKAmazon AU

Audio Editions

November 2015 : USA Audio edition

Title: A Game of Thrones: Book 1 of A Song of Ice and FireAuthor(s): George R R MartinPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers LimitedAvailability: Amazon

November 2015 : Australia Audio edition

Title: A Game of Thrones: Book 1 of A Song of Ice and FireAuthor(s): George R R MartinPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers LimitedAvailability: Amazon AU

November 2015 : UK Audio edition

Title: A Game of Thrones: Book 1 of A Song of Ice and FireAuthor(s): George R R MartinPublisher: HarperCollins Publishers LimitedAvailability: Amazon UK

1984 : UK Audio CD

Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)Author(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-00-813541-X / 978-0-00-813541-6 (UK edition)Publisher: HarperCollinsAvailability: AmazonAmazon UK

April 2011 : USA Audio CD

Title: A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book OneAuthor(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-307-91309-0 / 978-0-307-91309-8 (USA edition)Publisher: Random House AudioAvailability: AmazonAmazon UKAmazon CA

March 2004 : USA Audio CD

Title: A Song of Ice and Fire (A Game of Thrones, Book 1)Author(s): George R R MartinISBN: 1-4159-0150-3 / 978-1-4159-0150-2 (USA edition)Publisher: Random House Audio PublishingAvailability: AmazonAmazon CA

January 2004 : USA Audio Cassette

Title: A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire)Author(s): George R R MartinISBN: 0-7393-0868-8 / 978-0-7393-0868-4 (USA edition)Publisher: Random House AudioAvailability: AmazonAmazon CA

December 2003 : USA Audio edition

Title: A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1Author(s): George R R MartinPublisher: Random House AudioAvailability: Amazon

December 2003 : Canada Audio edition

Title: A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1Author(s): George R R MartinPublisher: Random House AudioAvailability: Amazon CA